extort

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
2. To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
3. To twist outwards.

Adj

Wrongfully obtained.

Concepts

extorquer

arracher

forcer

Synonymes

blackmail

squeeze

exact

wring

extract

wrest

force

wring from

shake down

demand

rack

demand money

gouge

fleece

threaten

collect

compel

milk

🥛

misappropriate

oppress

overcharge

pester

pluck

plunder

press

pressurize

promote

pry

pull

racketeer

require

rice

🍚

rob

screw

seduce

seize

shark

🦈

solicit

squeeze out

stiffen

straiten

tauten

tense

tighten

tighten up

tweet

unfix

wring out

take by force

draw forth

sponge off

abstract

squeeze for

appoint

assemble

blackjack

bleed

🩸

constrain

defraud

detach

distract

elicit

exploit

frap

grab

hold up

impact

intimidate

lure

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).